The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 46] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1974/SRAVANA 16, 1896
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 7th, August, 1974/Sravana 16, 1896 (Saka)
The following President's Act is published for general information: —
THE GUJARAT VACANT LANDS IN URBAN AREAS (PROHIBITION OF ALIENATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 1974 No. 10 OF 1974
Enacted by the President in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India. An Act further to amend the Gujarat Vacant Lands in Urban Areas
(Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1972
11 of 1974.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Gujarat State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1974, the President is pleased to enact as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Vacant Lands in Urban
Areas (Prohibition of Alienation) Amendment Act, 1974.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
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Gujarat
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2. In the Gujarat Vacant Lands in Urban Areas (Prohibition of Aliena- tion) Act, 1972, in section 1, in sub-section (4), for the words "two years", the words "three years" shall be substituted.
V. V. GIRI,
President.
jo8 THE, GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1]Reatons for the enadtment
With a vjewf to thwarting speculation and large-scale alienation of vacant lands, intended *t? defeat tne object of-the legislation regarding imposition of ceiling on urban properties which is under consideration, the Gujarat State Legislature enacted on 12th August, 1972 the Gujarat Vacant Lands in Urban Areas (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1972 (Gujarat Act 12 of 1972) ( prohibiting alienation, partition and, creation of trusts in respect of certain vacant lands in urban areas in the State of Gujarat, pending the enactment of the aforesaid legislation. The Act came into force also on 12th August, 1972. The Act was to remain in force for a period of one year. However, as the circumstances which existed at the time of the enactment of the said Act continued to exist at the time the duration of the Act was about to expire, the duration of the Act .was extender! by one year by Gujarat Ordinance No. 3 of 1973 which was later on replaced by the Gujarat Vacant Lands in Urban Areas (Prohibition of Alienation) Amendment Act, 1973 (Gujarat Act 24 of 1973). The duration of the principal Act thus expires on 11th August 1974. ' The enactment of the legislation regarding imposition of ceiling on urban properties, power with respect to which has been surrendered by the State Legislature of Gujarat to Parliament by a Resolution under article 252 of the Constitution is still likely to take some time. The cir- cumstances that existed at the time of the enactment of the Act and at the time of its amendment last year thus continue to exist. It is, there- fore, considered necessary to extend the duration of the Act by a further period of one year from 11th August, 1974. This measure seeks to give effect to the above proposal.
2. The Committee constituted under the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Gujarat State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1974 (11 of 1974) has been consulted before enacting this measure as a President's Act.
A. N. BANERJI, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Works and Housing,